When we find a genetic disorder with people we always try to find a cure. If homosexuality is genetic as gay people claim then doesnt it stand to reason it can be cured? Shouldnt mankind be looking for a cure? We look for cures for every other genetic disorder-why not homosexuality?
2007-01-26 11:38:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I am just going by what i have heard. I have heard the gay experts-the ones on TV supporting and defending gay people saying that gays are born gay and that its GENETIC. Now either the experts who are gay and who defend gays are right or wrong. And if they are right, then it stands to reason this genetic difference can be cured.
2007-01-26 11:50:31 · update #1
Why all the hostility people? Why all the anger and hatred towards me? I asked my question in an adult manner-without resorting to insults or name calling. Why must you all resort to calling me names, questioning my intelligence and resorting to grade school insults towards me because i asked a question you might not agree with? What does that say about yourselves?
2007-01-26 13:00:13 · update #2
I think it isn't genetic, I think it is a social problem because it is funny that all gay men tend to be lacking something. Often they are very feminine and weak and unattractive, so maybe they feel they can't get a woman, and that is why they turn to men. I think that if society was more excepting of feminine men, then there would be less gay men. I will never forget meeting this very small man dressed as a woman in New Orleans who told me that he used to have a girl friend, but he didn't feel masculine enough to be a man, or to have a girl friend, so he wants a boyfriend instead. So maybe it is society's thought for not accepting feminine men. Women can wear trousers for an example but men can't wear dresses without stigma.
2007-01-26 12:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by mellouckili 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If the phrase you used genetic trait imply that you simply born with it then I think that homosexuality is a genetic trait. Seeing that whilst you had been born even suggestion the intercourse has automatic include you bodily however the emotionally you don't know until you about certain age round is also 9 to 10 years historic that you just begin to feel that sexuality that you just with it, that it matches how you think deeply within you that you are male or female and how to act base on the society represent for male or female the way you should act. In case you suppose why individuals that bodily born in a different way from their emotionally go by way of the extrema to change if only a conscious option, i don't suppose so. Or if you are a loud person it is difficult to come to be a quiet character. I particularly consider homosexuality is a genetic trait that you were born with it and it's no remedy seeing that they are not identical to the disorder it is deeper that we might recognize for this second.
2016-08-10 13:52:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think someone will try to cure homosexuality. Homosexuality is different from genetic disorders, because it does not physically or mentally affect an individual in a negative manner. I believe there is a biological reason that we have homosexuality. Disorders such as down syndrome and autism are hurtful to the individuals that have them. They can lead to detrimental physical problems and cognitive issues. Homosexuality is nothing more than a sexual orientation.
2007-01-26 14:10:27 · answer #3 · answered by Hmmm... 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, you have brought up a good point here. i,m sure you,re gonna get slammed on some of your replys, but it stands to reason that what you have stated is indeed very possible.
I'm sure there are scientists looking into this right now. We still have much to learn about genetics......
Being gay is not always an easy thing for everyone who is gay. I was married for 23 years, and raised 3 kids. After all that time, it was my wife who actually pointed out to me that I was gay.(long, long story.)
there are time now that I am thankful to FINALLY know who I am, and that it's OK for me to be that person. But I can't help wondering sometimes how things would have been If I were indeed different. (straight) I think my life would have been so very much easier.
Time will tell. I am always watching and listening to the scientific breakthroughs hoping that one day this very question may be addressed.........In the meantime, I am very happily settled down with my gay partner of 5 years....
Good question you brought up......
2007-01-26 11:55:50 · answer #4 · answered by Steven Keith 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not all genetic predispositions and recessive traits are diseases. Having 5 fingers instead of 6 is a recessive trait, should we be looking for a cure for that? And Sickel-Cell Anemia is a genetic disorder, but it's an adaptation for Africans because it reduces the risk of malaria, and in an area where malaria is prevalent, the "disorder" becomes an advantage. Besides, all of the gay people that I've met are more cultured than all of my other friends. Perhaps homosexuality is an adaptation rather than a mutation.
2007-01-26 12:19:22 · answer #5 · answered by lazerybyl 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Just because something is genetic doesn't mean its a disorder, your question is like asking a bunch of people with red hair, if having red hair is genetic then might it one day be cured, most of those people with red hair are probably perfectly happy being born with red hair and would take a offense at you're referring to their red hair a genetic disorder.
2007-01-26 14:35:55 · answer #6 · answered by Christopher J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If bigotry is really genetic, do you think we'll be able to one day cure it?
Why would we want to cure something that causes no specific harm, cannot be linked directly to anything that causes harm to anyone else and does not shorten a person's life?
Bigotry, hate, homophobia and ignorance are FAR more dangerous to society as well as indivuals.
2007-01-26 14:12:59 · answer #7 · answered by DEATH 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Do you consider your relative lack of intelligence something that needs to be cured? It is, after all, of genetic origin. Is it then a defect? You seem to consider anything that deviates from the norm as a defect and therefor curable (assuming defects are curable rather than what most of us would call correctable).
Are you short? I'm tall so to me you are defective. I wouldn't waste any money on finding ways to cure you, however - especially as your idiocy is a more pressing problem.
In fact your idiocy is potentially more harmful to society than either your shortness, probable ugliness, and possible/probable latent homosexuality.
2007-01-26 12:13:36 · answer #8 · answered by Grist 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Human sexuality is not based solely on genetics. Current scientific thinking leans toward a combination of factors, genetic and hormonal.
2007-01-26 11:59:48 · answer #9 · answered by dougeebear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't need a "cure" any more than left-handed people need cures. It is a normal variation of sexuality.
It is not a disease. It does not shorten a person's life nor negatively impact their ability to lead a full productive life.
You might as well "cure" red hair.
2007-01-26 11:55:23 · answer #10 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋